Christopher Szabo
Digital Journalist based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Joined on Mar 19, 2009
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Pretoria -
The South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum, a reserve unit of the Air Force, has held its first monthly Flying Day at Swartkop Airfield in Pretoria.
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Pretoria -
The South African Air Force (SAAF) Day Parade, as an anniversary, offers both an opportunity to look at the past year and what lies ahead, according to Chief of the SAAF, Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano.
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Mogadishu -
U.S. Navy SEALs have rescued two aid workers held hostage by a Somali criminal group during an overnight raid in which a number of hostage-takers were killed.
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Pretoria -
The infantry is the backbone of any army and without it no army can survive, says Major General Lindile Yam, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Infantry Corps and if you break the backbone, you cripple the army.
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Budapest -
Hungary has seen the largest demonstration since the end of Communism, comprising civil society groups, as well as the Roma minority and Hungarians from former Hungarian lands in neighbouring countries.
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Johannesburg -
South Africa's Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says there has been "an increase in conflict on the African continent" and defence ministers of the Southern African Development Community are debating ways of dealing with this.
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Budapest -
The executive branch of the EU, the European Commission, has taken the first steps in legal proceedings against member state Hungary over changes to its central bank, judiciary and data protection laws.
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Pretoria -
A swimmer has died at a notorious beach on the South African East Coast, after being attacked on his surfboard by a Zambezi Shark.
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Budapest -
The US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, says it is not US policy to overthrow the elected government of the country, despite her warnings a day before that Hungary was moving in an undemocratic direction.
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Kinshasa -
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the loser of recent national elections, Etienne Tshisekedi, had prepared to declare himself president today, found security forces blocking his residence and prevented the alternative ”swearing in”.
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Beijing -
Chinese archaeologists have discovered the remains of the country's oldest imperial palace, which dates back 3,700 years and is linked to the ancient Xia Dynasty, which many researchers long considered to be merely the stuff of legend.
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Pretoria -
As criticism of the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) increases, it has been shown voters might not have been able to get ballots at all, so DRC turned to other countries in the region for help .
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Cape Town -
The onslaught against South Africa's rhinos continues with poachers darting and de-horning two white rhinos on Sunday night leaving the animals bleeding and in a life-threatening condition.
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Pretoria -
A South African woman convicted of smuggling three kilogrammes of methamphetamines into China has been executed, despite strong representations from the South African government to commute her sentence.
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Johannesburg -
South Africa has held its annual Remembrance Day nationwide with services being held in all the main centres of Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as in smaller towns.
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New York -
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has posthumously recognised the efforts of a Hungarian politician in wartime Slovakia who was the only member of the Slovak Parliament to vote against a law expelling Jews from the country.
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Nairobi -
Kenyan troops have invaded Somalia in search of kidnappers they believe to belong to the Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist group. The invasion is being supported by Somali government troops and airstrikes have been reported.
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Pretoria -
The return of a major air show to the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) main transport base at Waterkloof in Pretoria has also been the scene of a “freak” accident involving 14 paratroopers during a “mass parachute jump”.
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Pretoria -
Despite budget cuts and a tight economy worldwide, the South African Air Force (SAAF) is able to deliver a credible force and continue its multiple roles of deterrent, air-sea rescue, training, maritime and land surveillance and even fire fighting.
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Pretoria -
The Dalai Lama has again been invited to South Africa, this time by fellow Noble Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other South African organisations. Indications from government, however, are that he will again be refused entry.
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